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marred |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marred} (m["a]rd); p. pr & vb n. {Marring}.] [OE. marren, merren, AS merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS merrian, OHG. marrjan merran; cf D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf {Moor}, v.] 1. To make defective; to do injury to esp. by cutting off or defacing a part to impair; to disfigure; to deface. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. --Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. --Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. --Milton. 2. To spoil; to ruin. ``It makes us or it mars us.'' ``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: marred adj 1: having the surface damaged or disfigured [syn: {defaced}] 2: blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano bench"; "walls marred by graffiti" [syn: {scarred}]
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